Mass Upanayana programme will be held at Sri Saptarshi Gurukula, Vaidika Gurukula Sevasharama located on KRS Road, near Mogarahalli on June 24. As part of Upanayana programme, panchasamskara, poornahuthi, mahamangalarathi, Shathumorai will be held followed by the benedictory address by the Mutt’s Pontiff. Prior to mass Upanayana programme, Udakashanthi will be held on June 23…

As part of Yashodhara Dasappa’s 120th birth anniversary, the city’s Negilayogi Women’s Welfare Association has organised a Kannada essay contest on the life, politics and social work of Yashodhara Dasappa. The contest will be held under three categories based on age group — Below 18 years, Between 19 and 30 years and Above 31 years….

Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has organised its monthly meeting on Sunday (June 9) at 4 pm at MGP Office, Vivekananda Road, Yadavagiri.  City MLAs T.S. Srivatsa, K. Harishgowda and Tanveer Sait will share their ideas and plans of action to fix the civic issues, stated a press release from MGP. “Of late, we see garbage…

Noted Film Music Director Dr. Hamsalekha will release writer Yediyur Samiulla’s two works —  Nenapina Malebillu and Nenapina Chittaaragalu, at a programme organised by Sahitya Loka at Kirurangamandira in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road at 11.30 am on June 9. Noted columnist and Orator Dr. Gubbigoodu Ramesh will speak about the books.  Sahitya Loka President…

G. Shrilakshmi has been awarded Ph.D in Botany by the University of Mysore for her thesis titled ‘In Vitro Propagation and Bioactive Potentialities of Callicarpa Tomentosa L. — A Endemic Medicinal Plant’ [Guide: Dr. Shobha Jagannath].

As part of ‘Kathe Kelona Banni- 831,’ Kalasuruchi has organised story-telling by K.T. Shrimathi, teacher and writer, at Suruchi Rangamane,  Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, in city on June 8 from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. [Mob: 92435-81097]